Insight With Vicki GonzalezMarcus Crowder Explores The Relationship Between Arts And Media OrganizationsSeptember 6, 2017 | Jen PicardLongtime media critic, Marcus Crowder, no longer writes for the Sacramento Bee, but has plenty to say about arts and media in Sacramento. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki Gonzalez"SHREW!" A Jazz-Age Retelling Of ShakespeareAugust 29, 2017 | Cody DrabbleBob Irvin passed away last year preparing for this summer's Shakespearean adaptation "SHREW! A Jazz Age Musical Romp," and his collaborators share memories of him and preview the show. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Arts and LifestyleTheatre Review: Disco-Dancing Nuns Sing “The World’s Your Oyster When You’re Locked in the Cloister”August 24, 2017 | Jeff HudsonSacramento’s Music Circus is getting nostalgic for the 1970s this week with its season finale, “Sister Act.” The show serves up an abundance of toe-tapping dance numbers and powerful singing, despite its less than compelling storyline. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Arts and LifestyleTheatre Review: Timely Revival Of “The Crucible” Glows In Outdoor Night StagingAugust 18, 2017 | Jeff HudsonTheatre critic Jeff Hudson says the Main Street Theatre Works production of “The Crucible” is a small-but-sturdy staging of Arthur Miller’s durable classic. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Arts and Lifestyle“Damn Yankees” Offers a Devilishly Clever Musical Take on Life in the 1950sAugust 10, 2017 | Jeff HudsonTheatre Critic Jeff Hudson says the Music Circus production of “Damn Yankees” doesn't pack many surprises, but is still a pleasant way to pass a warm summer evening. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Arts and LifestyleBloomsday: Beguiling Story Of Youthful Love Mingled With Splash Of Retrospective RegretAugust 7, 2017 | Jeff HudsonSacramento’s B Street Theatre stages a play set in Ireland several decades ago, invoking Dublin as described by noted writer James Joyce. The play is a romance, and it’s very alluring. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Arts and LifestyleLove More Tempting Than Library In Tahoe Shakespeare's “Love’s Labour's Lost”August 2, 2017 | Jeff HudsonThe Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival's rendition of “Love’s Labour's Lost” depicts a witty battle-of-the-sexes where the women always come out on top. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Arts and Lifestyle"Backwoods Barbie" Romps In Music Circus Revival Of "9 to 5"July 27, 2017 | Jeff HudsonCritic Jeff Hudson says Sacramento’s Music Circus’ nostalgic musical “9 to 5,” based on the 37-year-old Dolly Parton film, may charm those with fond memories of the 1970s but have limited appeal for folks under 50. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Arts and LifestyleTheatre Review: Tahoe Shakespeare Festival Spoofs SherlockJuly 25, 2017 | Jeff HudsonSherlock Holmes is appearing at the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival this summer, in an irreverent satire of “The Hound of the Baskervilles.” Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Arts and Lifestyle'On The Town' Dazzles With Leonard Bernstein's Original ScoreJuly 13, 2017 | Jeff HudsonFor the first time in 56 years, Sacramento’s Music Circus is staging “On The Town,” a sassy musical from 1944 with a landmark score by Leonard Bernstein. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
